Mississippi State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Mississippi State University, 244 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 35 public property, 162 residence halls, and 1 on-campus fire were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types for the calendar year 2023.

The criminal and safety related action rate per 1,000 students is 12.10. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 10.54. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.34 at Mississippi State.

By violation type, 63 arrests, 31 criminal offenses, and 153 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 33 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Mississippi State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	63	44	-	19	10	-	2.72
Criminal Offenses	31	30	1	-	4	-	1.34
Disciplinary Actions	153	138	-	15	138	-	6.61
VAWA³	33	32	-	1	10	-	1.43
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	280	244	1	35	162	-	12.10
Rate Per 1000 Students	12.10	10.54	0.04	1.51	7.00	-	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Mississippi State

The following table shows the number of incidents related to campus safety for last three years. The numbers only includes on-campus issues for Mississippi State main campus.

Mississippi State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	272	41	30	181	20	0	0
2022	245 -27	61 20	24 -6	141 -40	19 -1	0 -	8 8
2023	280 35	63 2	31 7	153 12	33 14	0 -	1 -7

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Mississippi State University, 63 arrests are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Arrests Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	63	44	-	19	10
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	11	9	0	2	1
Drug Law Violation	42	27	0	15	1
Liquor Law Violation	10	8	0	2	8

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Mississippi State University, 31 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

The crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.34 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.30 at Mississippi State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	31	30	1	-	4	1.34
Rape	10	10	-	-	1	0.43
Fondling	6	5	1	-	3	0.26
Burglary	8	8	-	-	-	0.35
Motor Vehicle Theft	7	7	-	-	-	0.30
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.34	1.30	0.04	-	0.17	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Mississippi State University, 153 disciplinary actions are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	153	138	-	15	138
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	4	4	-	-	4
Drug Law Violation	37	22	-	15	22
Liquor Law Violation	112	112	-	-	112

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Mississippi State University, 33 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

When limited to on-campus incluindg residence halls, 32 VAWA cases reported including 14 dating violence and 18 stalking. The VAWA rate per 1,000 students is 1.38 at Mississippi State campuses.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	33	32	-	1	10
Domestic Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Dating Violence	15	14	0	1	5
Stalking	18	18	0	0	5

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Sessums, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Mississippi State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Mississippi State

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

Fires in Residence Halls